The Late Robin Williams Still Has Words of Wisdom For Us A Year Later

I cannot believe it has been a year since his passing. From his funny lamp antics on Aladdin, “Can we call you Al,” to inspiring performances via Good Will Hunting and The Dead Poet’s Society, Robin Williams has certainly left his mark. To all the kids out there that have been hurt by someone who was supposed to protect them, “It’s not your fault.”

A year since the world lost this legend, I believe Robin Williams would want us to remember him for the full range of emotions that he portrayed on film. And to remember that the good and the bad makes us human. To that end, here are some of the best — funny, moving, sad, inspiring — quotes left by a master comedian who longed to help people not only laugh, but feel…

Robin Williams Quotables

You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.

Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!”

But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.

What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this world.

If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

People call these things imperfections, but they’re not, aw that’s the good stuff. And then we get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds.

My battle with addiction definitely shaped how I am now. They really made me deeply appreciate human contact, and the value of friends and family, how precious that is.

You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.

Please, don’t worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting.